Conciliar las discrepancias entre la porosidad cristalográfica y el acceso de los huéspedes, como se ejemplifica con Zn-HKUST-1
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Production, Crystallization and Structure Determination of C. difficile PPEP-1 via Microseeding and Zinc-SAD
Published on: December 30, 2016
Jeremy I Feldblyum1, Ming Liu, David W Gidley
1Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 21, 2011
Resumen
Zn-HKUST-1, un marco metálico-orgánico, conserva su estructura cristalina pero no muestra porosidad debido a una capa superficial. Esta inestabilidad impide la entrada de moléculas invitadas, lo que explica las discrepancias de porosidad en materiales similares.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencia de los materiales Ciencia de los materiales.
- Química Química es la química.
- Nanotecnología La nanotecnología es la nanotecnología.
Sus antecedentes:
- Existen discrepancias entre la porosidad predicha y la medida en algunos compuestos.
- Las estructuras metal-orgánicas (MOF) como HKUST-1 a menudo muestran una alta porosidad teórica.
- Comprender las limitaciones de porosidad es crucial para las aplicaciones de MOF.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la porosidad del HKUST-1 basado en Zn (Zn(3) (((btc) ((2)).
- Identificar la causa de la absorción de gas insignificante a pesar de la estructura cristalina.
- Elucidar el fenómeno de inestabilidad superficial en polímeros de coordinación microporosos.
Principales métodos:
- Difracción de rayos X en polvo (PXRD) para el análisis estructural.
- Análisis de sorción de gas (por ejemplo, absorción de nitrógeno a 77 K).
- Espectroscopia de aniquilación de positrones (PALS) para sondear las capas superficiales.
Principales resultados:
- Zn-HKUST-1 mantiene la integridad cristalina pero exhibe una mínima adsorción de nitrógeno.
- PALS revela una capa superficial densificada que impide la entrada de moléculas.
- El material muestra inestabilidad superficial inherente después de la eliminación del disolvente.
Conclusiones:
- Una inestabilidad superficial, no predicha por la cristalografía, causa impermeabilidad en Zn-HKUST-1.
- Esta inestabilidad impide que los invitados moleculares accedan al marco poroso.
- Los hallazgos ofrecen información sobre las fallas de porosidad en otros polímeros de coordinación microporosos.
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